STERLING — There was plenty of Girl Scout Cookies and merchandise at the second annual Pawnee Lodge Winter Reception on Saturday.

Those who stopped by the open-house got a chance to snack on Girl Scout cookies, look over Girl Scout merchandise and bid on a variety of auction items including an Avalanche jersey, signed Nuggets jersey and a “Man Bucket.

They also got a chance to congratulate Peg Peterson, northeast Colorado membership director for Girl Scouts, on her retirement.

Peterson has been with the organization for 13 years.

“I've had a lot of fun working with the girls,” she said. “It really does change lives, not just in terms of the girls, but adults too.”

Girl Scout, Taylor Griebel, a senior at Sterling High School, poses with some Girl Scout Cookies at the Pawnee Lodge Winter Reception. Griebel has sold over 900 cookies so far this year. (Callie Jones/Journal-Advocate)

She recalls seeing stay-at-home moms whose daughters joined Girl Scouts, become a leader and eventually decide to go back to school.

“It makes things better for the girls and the adults that we interact with,” Peterson said.

Among the visitors at the open house was Girl Scout Taylor Griebel, a senior at Sterling High School, who has already sold more than 900 cookies. She sells around 800 cookies every year.

Griebel said when she first became a Girl Scout in first grade she set a goal for how many cookies she wanted to sell. Now she doesn't have a particular goal, she just wants to get her cookies sold.

Over the many years she's been selling cookies she's learned that “even the smallest things make someone really happy.”

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Griebel plans to become a Lifetime Member of the Girl Scouts and enroll her children in the organization if she has daughters.

Girl Scout cookie sales run through March 3; booth sales just started Friday. Customers looking for cookies can use the “Cookie Locator” online or the mobile app to search for booth sale locations where they can make a purchase.

Visit girlscoutsofcolorado.org to learn more.

There were a variety of items up for auction at the open-house, including an Avalanche jersey, signed nuggets jersey, a "Man Bucket and Cookie Time basket. (Callie Jones/Journal-Advocate)

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